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Berrien County Townships

Entries in maroon font have been transcribed from Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia, published in 1876 by A.J. Johnson & Co., New York.

Weesaw Township

Weesaw, township, Berrien county, Michigan. Population 1243.

Cemeteries

1 - Weesaw (Glendora)

2 - New Troy

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Buchanan Township

Buchanan, a flourishing village of Berrien county, Michigan on the St. Joseph River and on the Michigan Central Railroad, 87 miles east of Chicago and 197 miles west of Detroit. It is situated in the midst of a rich agricultural and fruit region, has a large trade, and contains a national bank, two large bedstead and furniture factories, a zinc collar-pad factory, a large wagon factory, several flouring and saw mills, one sash and blind factory, one foundry and machine-shop, a large washing-machine and clothes-wringer factory, and a weekly newspaper and steam printing establishment. Population 1702; of township, 2857.

  • WAGNER & KINGERY, PUBS. "BERRIEN COUNTY RECORD."

    Cemeteries

    3 - Bakertown

    4 - Oak Ridge (Buchanan)

    5 - Sherwood

    6 - Kathryn Park - (site)

    7 - Wagner-Crum (Steven's Farm)

    8 - McCoy

    9 - Benton (Mead Road)

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    Bertrand Township

    Bertrand, a post-township of Berrien county, Michigan. Population 1522.

    Cemeteries

    10 - Truitt (Bertrand Bible Church)

    11 - Mt. Zion (Dayton)

    12 - Howe

    13 - Portage Prairie

    14 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Bertrand Catholic)

    15 - Bond Street (Ann Beason Purdy Graves)

    16 - Redden

    17 - Higbee (Bertrand Protestant)

    Other Items of Interest

    History of Bertrand Township
    Excerpt from 1880 "History of Berrien and VanBuren Counties".

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